{"id":63011,"date":"2026-04-28T10:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/?post_type=news&p=63011"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:19:00","slug":"welcome-to-our-new-members-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/news\/welcome-to-our-new-members-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Our New Members (April 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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DC & Vicinity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katelynn Pan (Washington, D.C.)
Associate, Covington & Burling LLP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Yale (Washington, D.C.)
Surface Warfare Officer, U.S. Navy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tatsuki Hirai (Honolulu, HI)
Vice President & Team Leader, International Banking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul Kosasa (Honolulu, HI)
President & CEO, ABC Stores<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yutaka Majima (Honolulu, HI)
Senior Vice President & Manager, International Banking<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raina Ouye (Wailuku, HI)
Office Assistant IV, State of Hawaii<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefani Sakamoto (Honolulu, HI)
Business Process Manager, Servco Pacific, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naoki Yasui (Honolulu, HI)
Associate Financial Analyst, HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts and Ace Hardware<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satomi Collins (Belmont, MA)
Executive Director, Business Development, Wynn Resorts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alicia Ang (Tokyo, Japan)
Chief of Staff, Workato<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirara Ikeda (Tokyo, Japan)
Client Coverage Associate, Bank of New York Mellon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yuki Kato (Tokyo, Japan)
UX Consulting \/ Nurse \/ Well-being Management Consultant, Terasu LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sakura Kawakami (Tokyo, Japan)
Japan Country Manager, YuLife Japan LLC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riley Masunaga (Tokyo, Japan)
Product Manager, Mercari, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ken Moskowitz (Tokyo, Japan)
Adjunct Professor, Temple University Japan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Onuma-Mielke (Tokyo, Japan)
COO, GlobalDeal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillip Vincent (Tokyo, Japan)
Managing Partner, APAC \/ CEO Japan, Plug & Play<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Tsuji (Philadelphia, PA)
Director of Executive Affairs, World Affairs Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mountain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stacey Shigaya (Denver, CO)
Executive Director, Sakura Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yoshinobu Murakami (Plano, TX)
Tax Partner, Hotta Liesenberg Saito LLP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern California<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brittany Amano (Mill Valley, CA)
Chief of Staff, YouTube<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NY & Vicinity<\/strong>
Alessia Falsarone (New York, NY)
Non Executive Director, Generali Group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimiko Kuga (New York, NY)
Researcher & Economic Development Representative, JETRO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CeDaniel Sumpter (Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Strategic Enterprise Account Partner, Salesforce<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Satomi Collins (Belmont, MA)
Executive Director, Business Development, Wynn Resorts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacific Northwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryuhei Yokokawa (Seattle, WA)
Software Engineer, Brightwheel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southern California & Southwest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sharon Goto (Claremont, CA)
Chair, Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Kohei Levin (Los Angeles, CA)
Associate, Credit Originations, Harrison Street<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandy Matsumoto (Torrance, CA)
Executive Assistant to the CEO, King\u2019s Hawaiian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camille Nikaido (Chino Hills, CA)
TOMODACHI Alumni Social Media Intern, U.S.-Japan Council<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Nishida (Torrance, CA)
Senior Facilitator & Consultant, Michiki Morgan Worldwide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Takehito Yokoo (Mission Viejo, CA)
President, The Global Engineers Initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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